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Sure, bring him. We always have a few buddies who come along in other vehicle models. We don't care as long as they're cool people.

Hi Mark, welcome to the group. A few of us will be up in Calico this weekend if you want to come up.

Are you always this cheerful?

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Welcome to the group!

I see you only joined on Thursday. You missed them LOL

Welcome, Nolan!

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Link to that arrow on Google Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MvYkwEKYkceGfgWj6 It's right next to the interstate but you can't see it from the freeway because its on top of that hill. No roads go right to it although there's a faint track along the outside of the freeway fence line we might be...

I saw that. Unfortunately the same reason I wasn't definite for the Overland trip also applies here. I may be able to carve out a weekend here in the fall sometime, I'll let you know! BTW I saw your comments on the airmail beacons. I know there's an arrow on a hill near the Afton Canyon exit...

Over 22 years ago, in March 2003, Thom Singer @ntsqd led So Cal Broncos on a run through the eastern section of the Calico Mountains, including a foray up into little-visited Sunrise Canyon. During that trip Thom mentioned an old mining railroad that had existed in that area, which included a...

This depiction of the route of the short, gravity-fed ore railway for the Palm Borate Company is an approximation, based on historical depictions and aerial maps. It is not definite or based on any actual, specific GPS data.

The Palm Borate Company was one of the last commercial mining operations in the eastern Calico Mountains, operating for just 10 days before collapsing along with the price of borate minerals, in 1907. Located in an unnamed canyon immediately southwest of Sunrise Canyon, the operation was notable...

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